“We may now state the minimum conception: Morality is, at the very least, the effort to guide one’s conduct by reason…while giving equal weight to the interests of each individual affected by one’s ...

As part of the Markkula Center's yearlong series of talks on conscience, Francisco Ayala* of the University of California, Irvine, member of the National Academy of Sciences, recipient of the ...

As children, we are taught, by parents and supportive adults which behaviors are expected to navigate our society successfully. One aspect of this learning includes adopting societal norms and a moral ...

On Jan. 18 on the BBC's "Sunday" program, American Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio said of Catholic personnel in the United States military who could be ordered to attack Greenland: "Within the realm of ...

In the middle of the 18th century, philosopher and economist Adam Smith wrote that behavior is guided by an “Impartial Spectator.” Almost a century later, St. John Henry Newman addressed the “Moral ...

In his 2025 book, The Conscience of Care: Navigating Health in the Culture Wars, Dov Fox argues that exemptions should extend not only to conscientious objection but also to conscientious provision.

A NOTE FROM OUR PUBLISHER: We must both rightly form our conscience and also defend our freedom to use it. Registered nurse Frederick Morley loads syringes with the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at a ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Olivia Goldhill CONSCIENCE The Origins of Moral Intuition By Patricia S. Churchland In ...

Readers discuss whether doctors should be able to deny care to certain patients. To the Editor: Re “Should Doctors Refuse to Treat a Patient?,” by Dr. Sandeep Jauhar (Op-Ed, May 14): This piece raises ...